Jaleel Stallings mug shot after arrest and beating.
Posted on 06/24/2022 5:13:34 AM PDT by marktwain
On May 30, 2020, at about 11 PM, during the George Floyd riots, Jaleel Stallings fired in the direction of people in an unmarked van who had fired at him. They said nothing before opening fire. Jaleel felt a round hit him before he fired back. They turned out to be police, who were shooting rubber bullets.
When Jaleel realized they were police, he stopped firing, very quickly, and surrendered. He had fired less than five shots. The shooting was over in seconds. Jaleel was severely beaten, even though he did not resist.
Now, two years later, he settled for 1.5 million and lawyers fees. He has stated he is happy with the settlement but would have liked to see some consequences for the officers involved. In the settlement, the city of Minneapolis did not admit any wrongdoing.
“I’m extremely satisfied and grateful for that but I’m disappointed because my purpose in filing a civil lawsuit was never money,” added Stallings. “I want justice and I wanted accountability.”
Jaleel has moved to Texas, to avoid possible retaliation. He intends to change his career from truck driver to activist. Police who ride around in unmarked vehicles, and shoot rubber bullets at people, unannounced, should be subject to disciplinary action, and possibly civil suit, if not criminal penalties.
From his new home in Texas, Stallings said now that his criminal and civil cases are behind him, he’s making the transition from being a commercial truck driver to full-time activism with the hope that his experience will help change the culture of law enforcement.
Jaleel Stallings opined he would like to work with gun rights groups to help change police culture.
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Jaleel Stallings mug shot after arrest and beating.
Jaleel Stallings opined he would like to work with gun rights groups to help change police culture.
nothing changes police behavior like a disarmed citizenry
I agree with this gentleman. Unmarked car, police not in uniform, firing guns at people. Of course that should be considered a deadly threat to be dealt with. Beating a person after arrest when there was no resistance, that is a crime and needs to be punished. Those kinds of people should never be police.
STAY HOME & DO NOT RIOT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
Sometimes the riot comes to you?
He was not a rioter.
The police were not in uniform, riding around in an unmarked van, taking pot shots at anybody they saw.
They shot at him, hit him, he returned fire.
Jaleel actually believed he had been hit with real bullets and may die.
When they charged at him yelling that they were police Jaleel did not resist, laid on the pavement immediately and was promptly brutally beaten while he lay there.
He was not a rioter. He was a citizen defending himself.
Search for Jaleel Stallings on youtube.
“STAY HOME & DO NOT RIOT IN THE FIRST PLACE.”
Please point to the content in the story where Jaleel was rioting.
I think I would not want you or anyone with your limited faculties sitting on a jury.
He should have been awarded more than that.
And the police involved should be fired and tried for assault.
He should be paying the city damages. Not the other way around.
Just my opinion.
It’s in the very first sentence.
Don’t be misled by the goofy headline The only thing this guy was “defending” was his fellow rioters.
Police chief’s name...Arredondo. LOL
Yep. The cops were clearly in the wrong here.
Opinions are like A-Holes, everyone has at least one.🤔
Thank you for showing us yours.
Nope that’s a mirror you’re looking at.😗
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